Board Craft Day

I had a post in early fall about our board crafts.  I purchased some fence boards at Home Depot on clearance (I think they were 1.27 each) and my daughter, daughter in laws and I have been painting them for the holidays.

     It is harder than you might think since all the girls work full time jobs and have children under 4. And I am the caretaker for all these precious little ones. It limits our time with something like PAINT, lol.    

  My daughter in law is a school teacher and her school gave the teachers the day off before Thanksgiving. So, after taking the baby to the doctors for a check up on his croup (because we have had two sick infants in the bunch this week, too), she and his two year old big brother stopped over to finish her board and inspire me to finish mine, too!              

                                                                                                            I still cannot figure out how to post to the blog from my phone and I still cannot figure out how to move the photos from my phone to my laptop. Again, I posted the photos to facebook, then copied them from facebook to my laptop and then copied them to the blog from my laptop.  Frustrating.                

No One to Speak for Me

A Moment, a Memory

This was not the picture I planned. I knew that a portrait with a 6 month old, an 8 month old, two 2 year olds, a 4 year old, two 6 year olds and an 8 year old would be a challenge, but silly me thought the babies would be the issue. I did bring M&Ms to bribe the 2 year olds and that is the only way we got them in the picture; I just wish they were forward facing. The worlds most patient photographer, Sweet Pea Photography by Liz, took a zillion shots and I just wish I would have clutched the cape that was supposed to hide my tummy just a little tighter. But the setting and the colors are perfect and this photo captures a moment in time that I hope all of these precious grandchildren will remember. I know I will. 

Awesome Autumn to All

I am ready to begin blogging again. I just can not figure out how to upload photos from my phone to the blog. grrrr.  This one I uploaded to facebook from my phone and then downloaded it from facebook on to my laptop. grrrr. There has to be a better way! 

Meanwhile, today I had my daughter and daughter-in-laws over for a craft day. I found these fence boards on clearance for 1.29 each at Home Depot.  I fooled around with some paint and water this week and came up with a couple different stains. We spent the afternoon stenciling and painting. All of the boards looked so different and unique! If I can figure this out, maybe someday I can share them. 

We had no rain all summer and this week was trying to make up for it. I really wanted some corn stalks, but it was too wet to go get some. There was finally a break in the rain yesterday and I went to a nearby farm where I got several gorgeous mums, enough cornstalks to cover the posts on my porch, and even a couple pumpkins. My porch looks just so darn cute! And the beauty of decorating for fall instead of Halloween is that it can all stay right where it is until the end of November. Even the board can stay; it is reversible!